diff --git a/build_projects/update-dependencies/Config.cs b/build_projects/update-dependencies/Config.cs
index 3b5df02d6..7f020bfeb 100644
--- a/build_projects/update-dependencies/Config.cs
+++ b/build_projects/update-dependencies/Config.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Scripts
     /// GITHUB_ORIGIN_OWNER - The owner of the GitHub fork to push the commit and create the PR from. (ex. "dotnet-bot")
     /// GITHUB_UPSTREAM_OWNER - The owner of the GitHub base repo to create the PR to. (ex. "dotnet")
     /// GITHUB_PROJECT - The repo name under the ORIGIN and UPSTREAM owners. (ex. "cli")
-    /// GITHUB_UPSTREAM_BRANCH - The branch in the GitHub base repo to create the PR to. (ex. "rel/1.0.0")
+    /// GITHUB_UPSTREAM_BRANCH - The branch in the GitHub base repo to create the PR to. (ex. "master")
     /// GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_NOTIFICATIONS - A semi-colon ';' separated list of GitHub users to notify on the PR.
     /// </remarks>
     public class Config
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Scripts
         private Lazy<string> _coreSetupVersionUrl = new Lazy<string>(() => GetEnvironmentVariable("CORESETUP_VERSION_URL", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/versions/master/build-info/dotnet/core-setup/master"));
         private Lazy<string> _gitHubUpstreamOwner = new Lazy<string>(() => GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_UPSTREAM_OWNER", "dotnet"));
         private Lazy<string> _gitHubProject = new Lazy<string>(() => GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_PROJECT", "cli"));
-        private Lazy<string> _gitHubUpstreamBranch = new Lazy<string>(() => GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_UPSTREAM_BRANCH", "rel/1.0.0"));
+        private Lazy<string> _gitHubUpstreamBranch = new Lazy<string>(() => GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_UPSTREAM_BRANCH", "master"));
         private Lazy<string[]> _gitHubPullRequestNotifications = new Lazy<string[]>(() => 
                                                 GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_PULL_REQUEST_NOTIFICATIONS", "")
                                                     .Split(new[] { ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
diff --git a/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs b/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs
index c3cc79ded..a10692bed 100644
--- a/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs
+++ b/build_projects/update-dependencies/Program.cs
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Scripts
             buildInfos.Add(BuildInfo.Get("CoreSetup", s_config.CoreSetupVersionUrl, fetchLatestReleaseFile: false));
 
             IEnumerable<IDependencyUpdater> updaters = GetUpdaters();
-            var dependencyBuildInfos = buildInfos.Select(i =>
+            var dependencyBuildInfos = buildInfos.Select(buildInfo =>
                 new DependencyBuildInfo(
-                    i,
+                    buildInfo,
                     upgradeStableVersions: true,
                     disabledPackages: Enumerable.Empty<string>()));
             DependencyUpdateResults updateResults = DependencyUpdateUtils.Update(updaters, dependencyBuildInfos);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Scripts
 
                 string suggestedMessage = updateResults.GetSuggestedCommitMessage();
                 string body = string.Empty;
-                if (s_config.GitHubPullRequestNotifications != null)
+                if (s_config.GitHubPullRequestNotifications.Any())
                 {
                     body += PullRequestCreator.NotificationString(s_config.GitHubPullRequestNotifications);
                 }